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Back to NetVUE Connections NetVUE Webinar Opportunity Using the NetVUE Conversation Cards on Calling, Career, and a Life Well-Lived Explore, Engage, and Envision! Tap into this resource that contains questions for students at all levels of vocational inquiry, from first-year icebreakers to senior-year capstones. In this webinar, we will hear from MT Dávila of Merrimack […]

Join us for a conversation about promoting vocational exploration beyond the traditional campus. Our panelists (pictured here, clockwise from top left) will be Heather Brady of Grand View University, who will discuss community engagement with a focus on social justice; Jason Mahn of Augustana University (IL), who will help us think about education for vocation […]

Back to NetVUE Connections Reviewed by Agam Iheanyi-Igwe Associate Professor of World Christianity, Bushnell University (OR) Uncorked is a thought-provoking drama exploring the tension between family expectations and following one’s dreams. Set in Memphis, Tennessee, the film follows Elijah (played by Mamoudou Athie), a young man torn between his father’s desire for him to take […]

Back to NetVUE Connections By Deirdre Egan-Ryan Professor of English and Director of Faculty Development, St. Norbert College (WI) Like many people, we adopted a dog during the pandemic. His name is Tux, and he has mostly black fur with white markings. If he were a person, and not a “Labrador mix,” he’d be wearing […]

Back to NetVUE Connections Campus Spotlight: Hanover College Building Bridges in Divisive Times Written by Daniel Meyers, NetVUE Online Network Coordinator Like many of us in higher education, our colleagues at Hanover College in Madison, Indiana, started noticing political divisions on campus, as well as few opportunities to be in conversation about these differences. In […]

Back to NetVUE Connections NetVUE Resources Conversation Cards: Encourage Your Students to ENGAGE NetVUE is excited to announce that the second deck of NetVUE Conversation Cards will arrive next month! The ENGAGE deck encourages students to reflect on practices for thoughtfully engaging the world around them as they discern personal, academic, and professional goals. Every […]

Back to NetVUE Connections NetVUE Webinar Opportunity Improving Your On-Campus Vocation Efforts Over the past few months, a significant number of NetVUE institutions hosted Focused Consultations on their campuses to strategize about vocation-related work. In this webinar, we will hear from Deirdre Egan-Ryan of St. Norbert College (WI), Cynthia Grobmeier of Saint Xavier University (IL), […]

Back to NetVUE Connections A Master Class on Being Human by Brad R. Braxton and Anthony B. Pinn Reviewed by Daniel Meyers, NetVUE Online Community Coordinator With its ambitious title, A Master Class on Being Human, you might wonder if this book lives up to such a claim. While readers will not learn all that […]

Back to NetVUE Connections King’s University: What Happens When Faculty Members Listen to One Another’s Stories? Written by Daniel Meyers, NetVUE Online Network Coordinator What happens when faculty members are given the opportunity to listen to each other? Not to resolve a conflict or to accomplish a specific goal, but to reconnect to their own […]

Back to NetVUE Connections The NetVUE Podcast Callings: Conversations on College, Calling, and a Life Well-Lived The NetVUE podcast Callings has continued to release episodes during the summer, showcasing conversations with scholars and practitioners as they reflect on vocation, thereby supporting undergraduate students and their exploration of their callings during their time at our institutions. […]